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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 07:31 PM Apr 2020

The Worst President Ever

Max Boot: “Until now, I have generally been reluctant to label Donald Trump the worst president in U.S. history. As a historian, I know how important it is to allow the passage of time to gain a sense of perspective. Some presidents who seemed awful to contemporaries (Harry S. Truman) or simply lackluster (Dwight D. Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush) look much better in retrospect. Others, such as Thomas Jefferson and Woodrow Wilson, don’t look as good as they once did.”

“So I have written, as I did on March 12, that Trump is the worst president in modern times — not of all time. That left open the possibility that James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, Warren Harding or some other nonentity would be judged more harshly. But in the past month, we have seen enough to take away the qualifier ‘in modern times.’ With his catastrophic mishandling of the coronavirus, Trump has established himself as the worst president in U.S. history.”


https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/05/the-worst-president-ever/

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The Worst President Ever (Original Post) kpete Apr 2020 OP
Someone finally outdid Dubya sandensea Apr 2020 #1
This one's worth watching... DonaldsRump Apr 2020 #4
That was great! smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #5
That was great. Thanks! sandensea Apr 2020 #6
K and R..Thank You for posting this.. Stuart G Apr 2020 #2
Retire the trophy. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #3
On, you can bet the GOPee will find someone worse before too long. sandensea Apr 2020 #7
And Booth's a Republican Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #8

sandensea

(21,636 posts)
6. That was great. Thanks!
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 08:12 PM
Apr 2020

Dubya definitely had a lot of that same faux-populist shamelessness that so typifies Cheeto - except his was Southern, rather than Yankee, shamelessness.

Stuart G

(38,431 posts)
2. K and R..Thank You for posting this..
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 07:35 PM
Apr 2020

Yes, I finally have in my life viewed someone worse than ....Tricky Dick Nixon

sandensea

(21,636 posts)
7. On, you can bet the GOPee will find someone worse before too long.
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 08:14 PM
Apr 2020

And, with billions in corporate and Wall Street (plus foreign) support, actually get him elected.

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